"Last week, Netflix's Boots looked likely to be one of them, slipping into the submenus without making a noise. However, thanks to unbelievably positive reviews (The best new TV show of the fall said USA Today) and frothing word of mouth, the military drama is now the third most-watched show on the platform. With every passing hour, it seems as though Boots is destined to become the next Squid Game-style breakout."
"Boots is an adaptation of Greg Cope White's 2015 memoir The Pink Marine, detailing his time in the US military in 1990, a few years before Don't Ask, Don't Tell became the service's official position on homosexuality. It's a subject that's ripe with potential 2018's The Assassination of Gianni Versace featured a thread about a gay serviceman that was more powerful than the rest of the show combined so hopes were undoubtedly high."
"The main character is Cameron Cope, a young man with an overbearing mother who enlists in the marines almost out of spite. However, the heart of the show is Max Parker's Sergeant Robert Sullivan, a high-flying NCO whose promising career is threatened by an investigation over his sexuality. Parker's performance is extraordinary: clenched and furious and repressed, until the moments when circumstances expose his vulnerabilities."
Boots premiered on Netflix and quickly climbed to the platform's third most-watched position after glowing reviews and strong word of mouth. The series adapts Greg Cope White's 2015 memoir The Pink Marine and follows Cameron Cope, a young recruit, and Sergeant Robert Sullivan, a promising NCO facing an investigation into his sexuality in 1990, before Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Max Parker delivers an extraordinary performance as Sullivan, portraying repression, fury, and vulnerability. The show's portrayal of discrimination acts as a thunderous indictment of the military. The series is uneven overall, with moments of true excellence amid weaker material.
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